Empty lifeboat from missing vessel found in Mass.

GLOUCESTER (AP) -- The Coast Guard says a lifeboat and other equipment belonging to a missing Gloucester-based fishing vessel have been found in Massachusetts.

But there's still no sign of the Foxy Lady II or its two-member crew, from Deer Isle, Maine. The 45-foot scalloper left Saturday and was scheduled to return that evening. Onboard were the 26-year-old captain, Wally Gray, Jr., and his 50-year-old crewman, Wayne Young.

Coast Guard spokesman Jeff Hall says the empty lifeboat was found in a marshy area of the Saugus River on Tuesday. He says some fishing gear from the vessel also washed up about 30 miles south on Nantasket Beach in Hull.

Hall says the Coast Guard is continuing its search for the vessel on Wednesday. He says no distress call was received.

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